Re: My (new to me) 1967 American
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Re: My (new to me) 1967 American



I don't know about a vacation. I think it's just a different set of concerns and the stuff I'm already worried about with it is probably harder to deal with. I'm already worried about stuff like:

- Should I have the original fuel pump rebuilt or just buy a new one?
- Should I look for factory looking fuel hose and clamps or should I just use typical parts store fare?
- Should I find an air cooled automatic from a 1967 American (the guy my friend bought the car from may still have the original which would be ideal), rebuild it, and replace the existing M-35 that came from a 1968, or should I just track down the correct 1967 radiator with a transmission cooler, or should I just leave it as it is (wrong tranny, original radiator which doesn't have a tranny cooler, and an after market tranny cooler)? There's nothing wrong with the current transmission (and I'm sure the aftermarket cooler is much better than the factory one) but it bugs me a little that the wrong one is in it.
- How much effort do I want to put into finding a better looking heater hose (the one from the engine to the heater core)? What I have works but it detracts from the otherwise clean look under hood. The original heater hoses were about to burst a few years ago and when I helped my friend who owned it at the time change them out, we found the heater core has a 5/8" fitting and the engine has a 3/4" fitting. We ended up using a copper reducer fitting to splice the two sizes together. It works but neither one of us really liked how it looks.
- When the car gets repainted (the paint is in really bad shape on the roof and thin on the hood), is the body shop going to be able to make the over spray look right on the door jambs and rockers? I have no doubt that getting over spray in those areas isn't going to be a problem but I don't want it to be too perfect.


Then there's the normal stuff that still needs done: dash pad, one of the arm rests is cracked, some of the door panels are warped (luckily, the vinyl's perfect), there's a cigarette burn in the driver's seat, carpet needs replaced, wind lace and weatherstripping have had it, and it needs a little rust repair.

I can hardly wait to get started!

Matt

At 10:48 PM 5/21/2005 -0700, you wrote:
Yes, sir... It looks My-T-Fine!  What you might call getting a head start on
the fix-up.  It'll seems like a vacation working on that one.  Probably not
what you're used to...   Nice going.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: My (new to me) 1967 American


> I finally got my 1967 American Wagon home today. I'd hoped to drive it but > the fuel pump's bad so that wasn't an option. I snapped a few pictures and > put them on my web site. You can see them at > http://www.mattsoldcars.com/1967american/asdelivered.shtml. > > Matt

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